Lake Stevens High School - Pilchuck Yearbook (Lake Stevens, WA)

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A taxi slid to a stop at the curb; the door opened and out stepped Charlotte McLennan. Her hair was fixed as I had always known it, and it had made her famous. She was in Hollywood now and after a long hard struggle she was one of ten top stars. I watched her go by and saw that she was going to the premier performance of “Hot Tamalie” starring the love of the nation, Kathleen Kirby. My companion and I decided we would like to see that so we ventured in. We stood at the entrance and looked around to see if we could recognize anyone. We crawled over several people and finally I dropped into the seat beside Betty Cooper. We exchanged talk, and during the course of the evening I learned that she was very happy and that she and her hubby had moved into a cute little house in the city. I also learned that Eva Newman was P. E. instructor at the largest high school in the dty and certainly liked her job. I asked her if she knew what Nadine Schuster was doing now and she said that Nadine had a job with the Chrysler Corporation driving new cars so that they would be broken in by the time the customers received them. Sounded interesting to me. She said lone Sawyer was a model at Macy’s in New York City. Pretty good. Alyce Tastad was a demonstrator for Coty's cosmetics and traveled all over and was able to see a lot of country. I was also surprised to hear that Betty Logstrom was the private secretary for Cecil B. De Mille. As the evening was thinning out into dawn, and I was getting terribly tired, I told my companion to take me home. In the cab, we turned the radio on and got the rebroadcast of “The Woman’s Angle” by Dorothy McDaniel. So Dorothy was a woman commentator! She announced that Barbara Tedford was doing a wonderful job spreading good will all over South America. I remembered Barbara had a mar- velous knowledge of Latin, Spanish, and other languages. After Dorothy had signed off for the night, a man announced that an exclusive dress shop was opening in the near future, and for the women of the city to be sure and watch for the date. It was to be under the sole management of Eunice Pruehs. When I finally flopped into bed, I thought over all I had seen that day, and I had to admit as you will have to admit, that the Senior Class of 1943 turned out much better than anyone expected.

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By this time we had arrived at the newspaper office. As we opened the door an impressive sight met our eyes. People were hurrying here and there, noise every- where, but over the confusion rose a voice that could never be mistaken for anyone else than Bob Lund. It turned out that he was the Sports Editor of the renowned tabloid. A door at the far end of the room attracted my attention. As I moved toward it I saw marching across the glass in big bold letters the words—“Editor—Mern Hegge—Private . I bethought myself to go in and chew the fat with the old boy, but as I raised my hand to knock, the door burst open and out ran Iva Rider with the esteemed editor close on her heels. I stuck my foot out and caught Mr. Hegge on the up beat. As he looked a trifle dangerous to be near after that spill, I thought it best that I move on. In short, I took a powder. Irene inserted her ad and we ventured out into the city streets once more. As we passed the corner drugstore we decided we would like to quench our thirst with a coke or something. As we waited for some service, my companion scared me out of nearly a year's growth by shouting “LOOK” and thrusting a magazine under my nose. There on the cover was a picture of Cleon Plumley. Underneath it said “For more information turn to page 16”. We did, you may be sure. There was a long account of Cleon, stating that he was making his debut the 20th of next month and would go on tour immediately after so that everyone in the United States would have the opportunity to hear Cleon Plumley and his “Golden Strings . My companion and I decided we would like to go cut that night, and around 7:30 we started making the rounds to see what was cookin’. We dropped in at the Coconut Grove of this city. There on the platform was Betty Lou Kinney dishing out the boogie woogie as only she can dish it. We gathered by eavesdropping here and there that the music was by Betty Lou and her P-39’s. She called them that because they were a slick and smooth band with lots of soup. Betty Swanson was in her band too, pushing a mean bow across a defenseless cello. They were pretty smooth all right and I was about to fall asleep on my partner's shoulder when a voice sounding oddly like Berenice Withrow's was lifted in song. We decided to push on and see what else was doing. We walked sedately out of range of the music and up onto the sidewalk again. Across the street was the Civic Hall. There a gigantic sign announced that Frances Kleisath and her “March- ing Maids of which Beatrice Bcrgwall was the star performer, had found it possible to play this city after all, and would appear the following Saturday. I made a mental note of the coming performance and, in my usual scatter-brained way, started to step cut into the street without looking when a horn blared at me. I jumped out of the way just in time as a light blue convertible careened past me. I looked after the now quickly disappearing auto to see what the driver looked like and was shocked to see it was piloted by Marcia Muzzall. With her, and proudly waving a college diploma, was Mariece Solberg. Gee, she made it through college after all!

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JUNIORS The officers for the Junior Class were: President, Paul Ulrich; Vice President, Don Mosman; Secretary and Treasurer, Beverly Pellerin; and Class Representative, Paul Ulrich. The activities of the Junior Class were centered mostly around the annual Junior Prom which was held April 16 in the gymnasium. A spring setting furnished the very picturesque scene. A1 Swart; furnished the music. The class has also sponsored several after-game dances. The class decreased from 41 members in the Freshman year to 27 members in the Junior year. New members this year are Phyllis Schuster and Edward Best. SOPHOMORES The Sophomore Class was represented by fifty students. Officers elected for the class were: President, Allen Bartlett; Vice President, Charles Conrad; Secretary and Treasurer, Jo Ann Harshman; and Council Representative, Clifford Gantt. The entire class was under the supervision of Mr. Bancroft. The main event of the year was the traditional Freshman-Sophomore party spon- sored by the Sophomore class and held at the beginning of the year for the purpose of initiating and welcoming the Freshman into the Senior High School. FRESHMEN The Freshman activities were few in number this year because the class was divided among three Home Rooms: Home Economics, Agriculture and General Science. The Girls’ officers for the first semester were: President, Barbara Ness; Vice President, Norma Crossland; Secretary, Pat Davidson; and Treasurer, Nancy Manning. Second semester: President, Norma Crossland; Vice President, Nancy Manning; Secretary, Barbara Ness, and Treasurer, Barbara Dana. Officers for the smaller Boys’ Group were: President, Don Hallanger; Vice President, John Cock- burn; Secretary and Treasurer, Kenneth Williams. The larger Boys’ Group elected no officers, as the F. F. A. activities proved enough. The Junior Beacon was edited for the third year by the Freshman Class. Officers were: Editor, John Cockburn; Assistant Editor, Barbara Ness; Business Manager, Pat Davidson. The remaining members of the class acted as reporters. The Girls’ Home Room held a Christmas and a Valentine party. The Girls also sponsored an after-school dance. A good time was reported by all.